The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-12

occasion for sending leaden bullet OF
its fatal errand.
About o'clock little excitement wa:
created.
MRS. PARSONS,
with red glistening eyes and dressed in
widows weeds, accompanied by hel
two children, boy and a girl. q d
closely followed by Mrs. Holmes, ex-
editor OF the Alarm, Mrs. Fischer, Miss
Engel and one other woman, appeared
before the police at Clark and Michigan
Streets. Mrs. Parsons was the spokes-
man, and when she was stopped by the
police who quietly informed her that
she could 60 no farther, II must go, /"
she said; II am Lucky Parsons. These
are my children. We are used to the
jail. They must see their father"
There was little sympathy in the hearts
of the police.
1T is impossible" explained two Off
GERS in chorus. mo one can pass here,
Entrance can only be had at Dearborn
street."
Il will Co." exclaimed Mrs. Parsons,
and with determined effort she
DARrED UNDER THE ROPES.
In an instant. four stalwart officers
had her in their hands. She was lifted
over the ropes and once again stood
outside the lines.
You must obey the law" they said,
'or it may go hard with you"
The laW!" she yelled, what do 1
care for the law, and my husband being
murdered. Shoot me. Kill me, if you
will"
She finally succumbed and turned to
go. Her companions, with the excep-
ton of Mrs. Holmes, left her, but to-
gether the two women, with the
little children struggling behind, walked
to Dearborn Avenue A crowd of
large proportions followed, but Mrs.
Parsons needed them not. On she
went. until she met another Gordon of
police and another rope. Her resist
anee here was so stubborn when OPP
posed, that Captain Buckley was at
last compelled to order her arrest,
after efforts of gentle restraint and
persuasion had been exhausted. Ac
cordingly, the patrol wagon was sent
for and while breathing sentiments OF
MINGLED RAGE AND DESPAIR
Mrs. Parsons was assisted to enter it.
Mrs. Holmes and the children were
then put in. A tremendous crowd
gathered and it was only after a squad
of officers had rushed upon
the throng with drawn clubs that
the wagon was able to pass out. Once
at East Chicago Avenue station the
prisoners were given seats in the regis
try room. They were not booked nor
! locked in the cell.
Mrs. Parsons with Mrs. Holmes and
the two children of the former, were re-
leased from the station at 2.15 o'clock.
She looked very sad and down-hearted.
In meek tones she asked reporter:
rs TIE BLOODY BUSINESS ovER2"
When told that it was, she made
no answer and proceeded to explain
why she was at the Jail. She was told
bya deputy last night to call at the Jail
at $50 o'clock this morning, so that
the children might see their father.
At the appointed time, she made the
request to be allowed to enter. and was
sent from one street to another until 10
O'Clock. Then she made an effort to
pass under the ropes and was pre-
vented. At the next corner she was
put in the patrol wagon and taken to
the station, She said she was very
courteously treated, being placed in
the same cell with i:rs. Holmes and
children. Accompanied by q reporter,
she walked out on Clark Street, to
Indiana, without apparently being
recognized by any one. Every moment
a news crier would shove a paper in
her face, crying
GULL ACCOUNT OF THE EXECUTION"
She frequently broke down and sobbed
and they passed along, took her boy
more firmly by the hand, and walked
more rapidly, keeping her head bent
down. The police had strict orders not
to allow crowds to congregate, and the
people who walked along the street
leading to the Jail were kept moving.
1t was q good -Datured, well-dressed
crowd, and not word was heard that
could be interpreted as an attempt to
create excitement.
At 10 O'Clock there were fully 10000
persons surrounding the police, but all
were kept moving, except where they
congregated two blocks from the Jail,
and stood in groups watching the sombre
building. On the moment the trap'tell
in the building and word reached the
OUTSIDE,
HALF DOZEN INCIDENTS OCCURRED
to throw the crowded streets into the
widest excitement. AS the throngs
were crowding forward, the East Chi |
cago Avenue patrol came dashing down
on the crowd at full speed, with the
gong ringing. Shouts and cries arose
from the multitude, which, dividing
into halves, rushed upon the walks with
crushing force. Through this passage
the wagon few to the corner of Kinzie
Street, where it encountered mass OF
struggling beings that could not give
way. In the centre of this crush half
dozen policemen were struggling with
prisoner, endeavoring to clear an exit.
The arrest of this man had been
source of excitement, and the rush of
people was uncomfortable.
After the hanging the centre of at
traction to the idle curiosity seekers
was transferred to Milwaukee Avenue.
at points along which thoroughfare
THE BODIES OF THE DEAD MEN LAY,
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